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English noun: sourness | |||
| 1. | sourness (cognition) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth | ||
| Synonyms | sour, tartness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acidity, acidulousness | ||
| 2. | sourness (attribute) the property of being acidic | ||
| Synonyms | acidity, sour | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | taste property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acerbity, tartness, vinegariness, vinegarishness | ||
| 3. | sourness (attribute) a sullen moody resentful disposition | ||
| Synonyms | moroseness, sulkiness, sullenness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ill nature | ||
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